Sweden

According to the latest SVT/Novus opinion poll, the Sweden Democrats are now the main challengers to Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats, currently leading a minority government

Sweden overtook France as Europe's largest net exporter of electricity in the first half of 2022

The school year starts in August - although exact date depends on local calendar - and most people return to work, amid a new Covid-19 peak expected this month and caos in flights still affecting Europe

Bringing back the old system of labour market testing for work permits would be "an absolute catastrophe" for Swedish companies, depriving them of "critical foreign skills", the Centre Party's labour market spokesperson has said

An Iranian citizen was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Swedish court after being found guilty of committing war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s

NATO's 30 allies signed the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland yesterday, sending the two nations' membership offers to the alliance capitals for legislative approval

In order to reduce the carbon footprint of steel wind turbine production, a 100-metre prototype ecological wooden wind turbine is being built in Sweden using LVL from mature trees that have already absorbed the maximum amount of CO2

The country announced a ban on issuing new licences for coal, oil and natural gas extraction as of 1 July

The elderly and at-risk groups in Sweden will receive a fifth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of 1 September, announced Social Affairs Minister Hallengren

To help Ukrainian refugees start work by streamlining administrative processes, a coordination number will soon be issued by the Migration Board to Ukrainian refugees who have obtained a residence permit with temporary protection

Debates are underway over the government's pension budget, in particular the proposal for a guaranteed supplement for the country's poorest pensioners, about half a million people